It certainly seems appropriate that a cooperative game based on superheroes and villains would have them work together to take down the enemy. Marvel Rivals takes this to heart with its team-ups mechanic, which allows certain character combinations to unlock stat boosts or even special moves.
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There are 33 characters and 15 of these special cooperative abilities. It stands to reason that we'll be seeing more of the latter in future seasons as more characters are added. This means that team-ups are a prominent mechanic that always has some influence on who you want to play as. It will be of great use to you to know all the team-up skills Marvel Rivals.
What is a teamwork skill?
Team Skills are a powerful expression of teamwork and exclusive abilities between two or three heroes. Team-up abilities typically involve one hero acting as the initiator and provider of special buffs or moves, while the other hero (or two) can receive them if they are on the same team. Their benefits are usually pretty one-sided, but there are no downsides to using them. Each is additive and simply gives you more options.
A good example is Voltaic Union. Activated by Thor, he can give Storm and/or Captain America a buff that strengthens their attacks. Only one of them needs to be on a team with Thor to receive the buffs, but both can receive them if all three characters fight together.
Every team skill in Marvel Rivals
Below is a breakdown of all the team-up abilities added with the release of Marvel Rivals. We add the name of the skill and a description of the skill. It also mentions the heroes who can participate, with the heroes in bold being the initiators who provide the buffs.
We'll use the name of the Team Up ability from the Team Ups screen in the main menu. Each hero involved in one of these abilities has a unique name for their role in the ability. It can get a little confusing, so we'll just use the main title.
- Ragnarok Rebirth – When Hela If she defeats an enemy with one final hit, she will instantly resurrect Loki or Thor if they are in the respawn phase. If they're alive, it gives them extra health instead.
- Metallic Chaos – Scarlet Witch imbues Magneto's greatsword with her chaos energy, granting him access to projectile strikes.
- Voltaic Union – Thor uses his Thorforce to empower Storm and/or Captain America. The former gains a lightning attack, while the latter gains a movement bonus and an electric AoE buff to his shield throw.
- Planet X Pals – Both Rocket Raccoon and Jeff the Land Shark can jump on it LargeHe can fire attacks with his shoulder and receives a damage reduction bonus.
- symbiote bond – Poison Channels the symbiote through Spider-Man and/or Peni Parker, granting them an identical move that causes symbiote spikes to explode from their bodies.
- gamma charge – The Hulk uses his gamma radiation to power up Doctor Strange and/or Iron Man. This will boost her Maelstrom of Madness and Armor Overshoot attacks.
- Ammunition overload – Rocket Raccoon receives a throwable ammunition overload device. Both The Punisher and Winter Soldier gain unlimited ammo and a faster rate of fire when close to the device.
- Dimensional Link – Both Black Panther and Psylocke can gain a rewind ability when magic is on her team. This allows them to return to the position they were in just before and restore some of the missing health.
- Moon Power – With Cloak and dagger On her team, Moon Knight gains the ability to create a small field around himself in which he becomes invisible.
- Guardian Revival – Adam Warlock Grants Mantis and/or Star-Lord a similar resurrection ability, allowing them to move and revive.
- Chilled charisma – when Luna Snow is on their team, both Namor and Jeff the Land Shark gain an activateable ability that boosts their other attacks while active.
- Allied agents – Hawkeye Provides Black Widow with a variant of her strongest ability, allowing her to see afterimages of enemies that she can attack to deal damage.
- Atlas Bond – Iron Fist grants Luna Snow a unique ability while on her team. This allows her to emit a ring of energy that can heal allies while simultaneously damaging and slowing enemies.
- ESU alumnus – Spider-Man Gives Squirrel Girl a Web Bomb ability. She can throw this at enemies to create an AoE blast that deals damage and temporarily binds them.
- Fastball Special – With Hulk When teamed up, both he and Wolverine gain a unique team-up ability, allowing the former to throw the latter. Each must initiate an interaction with the other to trigger it.
Teamwork skills are not required to win games Marvel Rivalsbut your team will probably have a better chance if you have some of them available to you. Knowing these will also help you identify what strategies or additional abilities your opponents may want to use. Collaborate with your team and make some Cross play Friends, and have fun out there!
